debt
柯林斯詞典
1. N-VAR A debt is a sum of money that you owe someone. 債
Three years later, he is still paying off his debts. 三年后，他仍舊在還他的債務(wù)。
2. →see also bad debt
3. PHRASE If you are in debt or get into debt, you owe money. If you are out of debt or get out of debt, you succeed in paying all the money that you owe. 負(fù)債; 還清債務(wù)
He was already deeply in debt through gambling losses. 賭博輸?shù)腻X讓他已經(jīng)負(fù)債累累。
4. N-UNCOUNT Debt is the state of owing money. 負(fù)債
...a monthly report on the amount of debt owed by consumers. …一份消費(fèi)者欠款數(shù)額月報(bào)。
5. N-COUNT You use debt in expressions such as I owe you a debt or I am in your debt when you are expressing gratitude for something that someone has done for you. 人情債[正式]
He was so good to me that I can never repay the debt I owe him. 那時(shí)他對(duì)我太好了，我永遠(yuǎn)都還不清欠他的人情債。
I owe a debt of thanks to Joyce Thompson, whose careful and able research was of great help. 我欠喬伊斯·湯普森一份感謝之情，他謹(jǐn)慎杰出的研究是極大的幫助。
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debt /d?t/ (debts)
劍橋詞典
- something, especially money , that is owed to someone else , or the state of owing something
- The national debt stands at 55 billion dollars .
- He had to borrow money to pay off his gambling debts.
- She keeps running up huge debts and asking friends to bail her out.
- They piled up such a huge debt that they soon went bankrupt .
- His economic policies have won widespread praise for reducing government debt. 返回 debt
借款，欠款；債務(wù)
He managed to pay off his debts in two years . 他設(shè)法在兩年內(nèi)還清了債務(wù)。
The company ran up huge debts. 公司很快就負(fù)債累累。
They are in debt to (= owe money to) the bank . 他們欠銀行的錢。
He got into debt (= borrowed money ) after he lost his job . 他失業(yè)后開(kāi)始舉債。
The company is deep in debt (= owes a lot of money ). 公司已經(jīng)債臺(tái)高筑。
也見(jiàn) indebted (OWING)
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